"The Ideal" by Stanley G. Weinbaum is a science fiction story that questions what happens when dreams become more appealing than reality. We follow Dixon Wells, who gets caught up in an image of perfect beauty created by his professor's invention, the idealizator. The perfect face belongs to a dead actress, and Dixon's obsession slowly takes over his life, causing him to ignore Denise, who is a real person with real feelings offering him her affection. The story takes a dark turn when Dixon tries to use the idealizator on Denise, leading to disastrous consequences, and he learns the hard way that chasing impossible dreams can ruin the love that's right in front of you, leaving him to question his choices.
The Ideal
By Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman) Weinbaum
A man's pursuit of a flawless fantasy, brought to life by an extraordinary machine, threatens to destroy his chance at true love.
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About the AuthorStanley Grauman Weinbaum was an American science fiction writer. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great acclaim in July 1934; the alien Tweel was arguably the first character to satisfy John W. Campbell's challenge: "Write me a creature who thinks as well as a man, or better than a man, but not like a man." Weinbaum wrote more short stories and a few novels, but died from lung cancer less than a year and a half later.
Stanley Grauman Weinbaum was an American science fiction writer. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great acclaim in July 1934; the alien Tweel was arguably the first character to satisfy John W. Campbell's challenge: "Write me a creature who thinks as well as a man, or better than a man, but not like a man." Weinbaum wrote more short stories and a few novels, but died from lung cancer less than a year and a half later.
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